Month: August 2018

There’s always a lot to look forward to in the life of an otaku – hotly anticipated new releases, long-awaited sequels and of course, stunning figures and merchandise based on your favorite characters! Twice a year, Wonder Festival, the world’s biggest figure festival, brings both amateur creations and major releases together for a day of
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Hollywood titan Legendary Pictures has acquired the rights to yet another graphic novel. According to Variety, Legendary picked up Oni Press’s My Boyfriend Is a Bear, a graphic novel written by Moana co-writer Pamela Ribon and illustrated by Cat Farris. RELATED: My Boyfriend is a Bear Ribon will write the screenplay and executive produce with Alex Hertzberg. Joe Nozemack, James
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What’s a superhero without super-powered accessories? Tech company One61 has a new line of smartwatches that lets any civilian embrace their inner DC hero. The watches, available for pre-order, currently come in three variations. Those variations include the following themes: The CW’s superhero television show The Flash, Batman: The Animated Series and Gal Gadot’s World
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Apple TV is continuing to expand their growing number of original programming with an adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s classic science fiction novel Foundation. The streaming service, designed by the tech conglomerate to rival platforms such as Netflix and Hulu, has ordered a full series commitment from showrunners David S. Goyer (Batman v. Superman: Dawn of
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News that CBS’ perennially popular sitcom The Big Bang Theory would be ending after its upcoming twelfth season rocked fans around the world yesterday and, after the dust has settled, the reason for the cancellation is becoming public. Reports indicate that while the cast were in the middle of negotiations to renew their contracts for
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The latest trailer for Amazon’s remake of the classic Italian horror film Suspiria has arrived and it’s escalated the horrific imagery and creeping sense of dread in the upcoming film. As Dakota Johnson’s aspiring dance student Susie Bannion arrives at a private dance academy in Berlin, she discovers the school is overseen by three ancient
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Evangelion Store is releasing two unusual (if not familiar) cushion that fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion are sure to appreciate! The first (4,800 yen, pre-tax) will be modeled after the angular shoulder pads of the iconic Evangelion Unit-01. Thanks to a curved groove on the underside of the cushion, fans can have fun by placing
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Venom director Ruben Fleischer revealed his inspirations for the project, which dives deeper into the symbiote side of Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters. Fleischer revealed to USA Today that his main muse was John Landis’ beloved lycanthropic classic An American Werewolf in London. Described as a “body horror” film, Venom finds Eddie Brock “the unwitting host
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Gearing up for its hotly anticipated Season 4 revival on Netflix, Lucifer has recruited a familiar face from AMC’s Preacher. TVLine reports that Graham McTavish, who plays the villainous Saint of Killers on Preacher, will also have a recurring role on Lucifer as Father Kinley. RELATED: Tom Ellis Gets in Shape For Lucifer Season 4,
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Fans of Honest Trailers and Ryan Reynolds are in for a treat: There’s a bonus feature of sorts from Deadpool 2 that didn’t come from the Blu-ray release. Reynolds, who’s famous for lampooning his own work in the much-maligned Green Lantern and is an expert at breaking the fourth wall, hijacked the Honest Trailer for Deadpool
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As Marvel prepares to relaunch its flagship X-Men title, Uncanny X-Men, as a ten-part weekly series, Professor X’s son David Haller, better known to comic book fans as Legion, takes center stage on the cover for the third issue. Revealed with Marvel’s advance solicitation information for the publisher’s releases in November 2018, Legion himself at
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Netflix has renewed the British dark comedy series The End of the F***ing World for a second season. The news was confirmed by the show’s Twitter account via a spoiler-filled video recapping the final moments of Season 1, with a simple caption: “We’ll be f***ing back.” RELATED: Netflix’s The End of the F—ing World Gets Release Date, Trailer Creator
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Luke Cage star Ron Cephas Jones has joined the cast of Sony’s Venom.  According to The Hollywood Reporter, however, there is no information as to who his character will be or exactly how big his role is at this time. This will mark Jones’ second time acting in a Marvel project. He previously played a
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Marvel is bringing Uncanny X-Men back in a big way, and that also comes with a big page count and cover price. The publisher’s November 2018 solicitations revealed Uncanny X-Men #1 will include an oversized 72 pages and be priced at $7.99. While the introductory issue will have fans forking over some extra cash at their
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